The “Conflict Thesis” forms a kind of underlying historial metamyth that informs and undergirds a substantial amount of historical assumptions by anti-theist polemicists. This is the assumed and unquestioned idea that Science and Religion have been perpetually at war down the ages. Also known as the Draper-White Thesis or Warfare Model, it is a conception of the history of science that presents religion as the perpetual and consistent enemy of science, technology and progress. It is a per...| History for Atheists
The concept of “the Dark Ages” is central to several key elements in much anti-religious polemic. One of the primary myths most beloved by many anti-theists is the one whereby Christianity violently suppressed ancient Greco-Roman learning, destroyed an ancient intellectual culture based on pure reason and retarded a nascent scientific and technological revolution, thus plunging Europe into a one thousand year “dark age” which was only relieved by the glorious dawn of “the Renaissa...| History for Atheists
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This is a retelling of a game session of Lorn Song of the Bachelor run with Mangayaw. The Party Crashers Inna Wa Inna The party split up. Bantok, Dumalapdap, and Tusok led Vartu Si Vartu and his retainers to the Catfish Village. Eumining-gud and Malakas remained to talk to Inna Wa Inna, hoping they would […]| Goobernuts' Blog
This is a retelling of a game session of Lorn Song of the Bachelor run with Mangayaw. The Party Crashers Singer’s Stone The party wanted to learn more about Vung Si Vung, that they might find out how to end his curse. They were directed by Oppu Wa Oppu to the Singer’s Stone. The Singer’s […]| Goobernuts' Blog
This is a retelling of a game session of Lorn Song of the Bachelor run with Mangayaw. The Party Crashers Courtesy Calls and Treasure Trading Having returned to the Gleaming Fins village, the party decided it would be best to visit Vartu Si Vartu before all else, as a courtesy. The Warrior seemed to want […]| Goobernuts' Blog
UPDATE: this conversion is now on the Cairn website too! This is the conversion I’m using for my ongoing Mangayaw game. The Bachelor 6 HP, 3 Armor, 18 STR, 10 DEX, 15 WIL, teeth (d10) or claws (d6, enchanted), treat as detachment Vartu Si Vartu 8 HP, 12 STR, 10 DEX, 10 WIL, spear (d8, […]| Goobernuts' Blog
This is a retelling of a game session of Lorn Song of the Bachelor run with Mangayaw The Binmanwa Party Rescue, Rest, and Escape. The situation is dire. Tusok is pinned down by the Warrior. Out of the Binmanwa, only Eumining-gud was in any state to rescue him. Bavu Si Bavu, their companion, steeled his […]| Goobernuts' Blog
This is a retelling of a game session of Lorn Song of the Bachelor run with Mangayaw The Binmanwa Party A Deal With The Catfish Captain Grimkin San Mor looks like a corpse wearing pirate regalia, with a catfish attached to her crotch. In actuality, the catfish is Grimkin herself. “This is my crew. We […]| Goobernuts' Blog
Just a quick note to announce the publication of a couple of things. First, the report on the workshop that Michael Wuk and I ran in May, Reading Classics Online, which was published on the Council of University Classics Departments Education blog. Second, I wrote a piece for Times Higher Education on the barriers thatContinue reading More on digital reading: barriers and approaches (in Classics)| Making Digital History